‘Shawscope Volume Three’ (1967-1983)
Before Hong Kong’s mightiest film studio mastered the art of the kung fu film, Shaw Brothers hit box office gold with a very different kind of martial arts cinema.
RED SUN (1971)
In 1870, a gang robs a train and steals a ceremonial Japanese sword meant as a gift for the US President, prompting a manhunt to retrieve it.
SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG (1971)
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. So they relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
THE WORKING CLASS GOES TO HEAVEN (1971)
A factory worker gets his finger cut off by a machine, and the accident causes him to become more involved in politics...
SHAFT (1971)
A black private detective in 1970s New York investigates a Mafia kidnapping.
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971)
High school students in a sleepy Texas backwater must come to terms with life, love and loss
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971)
A doctor, scientist, organist, and Biblical scholar, Anton Phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife's death.
10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971)
A dramatised account of the real-life British serial killer John Christie and the man he framed for murder.
KLUTE (1971)
A struggling actress trying to escape her life as a call girl finds herself embroiled in a private investigator’s search for one of her former clients.
LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)
In 1830, 40 years to the day since the last manifestation of their dreaded vampirism, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla...
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971)
A group of scientists investigate a deadly new alien virus before it can spread.